INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to know the prevalence of depressive manifestations in adolescents and the sociodemographic variables associated with them. DESIGN: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. LOCATION: three urban teaching centers. PARTICIPANTS: 389 students of obligatory secondary education from 12 to 16 years who answered the questionnaire freely and anonymously. MEASUREMENTS: Questionnaire of Depression for Children (CDS), self-applicable, validated in their Spanish adaptation for their individual and collective administration. Family APGAR questionnaire. Variables regarding sociodemographic, academic yield and presence of chronic illnesses circumstances. RESULTS: 10 children were excluded because they answered in an incomplete way. In the 379 study subjects, 39 had a score on the CDS in the depressive range (decatype > or = 8): 10.29 % (95 % CI: 7.2 %-13.3 %). In the bivariate analysis, we only found differences for the presentation of depressive symptoms in connection with the existence of family dysfunction diagnosed by the APGAR test: 24.4 % versus 6.1 % (p < 0.0001). In the logistic regression analysis, the model that best predicts the presence of one diagnosis of depression includes the family dysfunction variable, with an OR = 4.27 (95 % CI: 1.98- 9.21) for mild dysfunction and OR = 14.44 (95 % CI: 4.61- 45.17) for serious dysfunction, and sibling number with OR 0.56 (95 % CI: 0.33-0.93). CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of depressive manifestations among adolescents is high, being more frequent in members of dysfunctional families, while a greater number of siblings would have a protective effect.
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to know the prevalence of depressive manifestations in adolescents and the sociodemographic variables associated with them. DESIGN: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. LOCATION: three urban teaching centers. PARTICIPANTS: 389 students of obligatory secondary education from 12 to 16 years who answered the questionnaire freely and anonymously. MEASUREMENTS: Questionnaire of Depression for Children (CDS), self-applicable, validated in their Spanish adaptation for their individual and collective administration. Family APGAR questionnaire. Variables regarding sociodemographic, academic yield and presence of chronic illnesses circumstances. RESULTS: 10 children were excluded because they answered in an incomplete way. In the 379 study subjects, 39 had a score on the CDS in the depressive range (decatype > or = 8): 10.29 % (95 % CI: 7.2 %-13.3 %). In the bivariate analysis, we only found differences for the presentation of depressive symptoms in connection with the existence of family dysfunction diagnosed by the APGAR test: 24.4 % versus 6.1 % (p < 0.0001). In the logistic regression analysis, the model that best predicts the presence of one diagnosis of depression includes the family dysfunction variable, with an OR = 4.27 (95 % CI: 1.98- 9.21) for mild dysfunction and OR = 14.44 (95 % CI: 4.61- 45.17) for serious dysfunction, and sibling number with OR 0.56 (95 % CI: 0.33-0.93). CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of depressive manifestations among adolescents is high, being more frequent in members of dysfunctional families, while a greater number of siblings would have a protective effect.
Authors: Cláudia Bulhões; Elisabete Ramos; Jutta Lindert; Sónia Dias; Henrique Barros Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2013-10-14 Impact factor: 3.390